east hall, home of the math dept @ um, is becoming quite populated.
in fact, ann arbor is becoming quite populated, with returning undergrads and their parents arriving in droves.
sometimes it seems like the office is a paradox of intent: it is a place to do work, yet it is one of the hardest places to accomplish any work. sometimes, i can barely hear myself think, or worse, barely able to have coherent thoughts of any depth or sophistication.
this term, i think i'll try to work at home [1] in the pre-noon hours, and when i have an idea to implement, i'll do so at the office during the afternoon. it's similar to how i treat computer programming:
never sit down to code unless you have a plan in mind.
in this case, it's never go to the office without knowing what mathematics you have in mind.
[1] note that "home" also means 'caribou coffee.'
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